The Iraqi Army Recaptures Multiple Villages in the Salaheddeen Governorate

The Iraqi Army has continued its successful offensive in the Salaheddeen Governorate by capturing multiple villages from the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham near the provincial capital of Tikrit. Yesterday, the Iraq Army announced the capture of 4 villages in the Salaheddeen Governorate and the seizure of multiple weapons that were confiscated from ISIS storage depots. The villages of Aziz Balad, Hatheera, Tal Al-Thahab, and Yathreeb were captured by the Iraqi Army over the last 48 hours in the Balad District.

In the Al-Anbar Governorate, the Iraqi Army advanced 2km into east Al-Heet city, killing 16 ISIS fighters, including their field commander, ‘Abdel-Rahman Al-Masri (Egyptian). Violent clashes continue in Al-Heet between the Iraqi Army and ISIS, as the former attempts to retake this imperative industrial city located in east Al-Anbar. Assisting the Iraqi Army with consistent airstrikes, the Anti-ISIS Coalition attacked ISIS installations in the Industrial District of Al-Heet, targeting factories used to produce weapons for the ISIS fighters combatting the ISF and local militias.

East of Al-Ramadi, the Iraqi Army killed 21 ISIS militants at the village of Al-Houz after the recent surge in violence near the Al-Ramadi Police Station that expanded to nearby villages. At Sijariyya – also, east of Al-Ramadi – 6 ISIS fighters were killed during a brief firefight with the Iraqi Army. Reported among the dead ISIS militants was their field commander “Abu Osama Al-Souri” (Syrian).